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Can You Trust The Media? reviewed
Please forgive the shameless self-promotion but Can You Trust The Media? picked up a review at the Guardian. Phone-in voting scams, dodgy trailer editing, silly-season reports of great white sharks cruising off English beaches – the media apparently has a problem with trust. How to win it back? Wrong question, says Adrian Monck: trust is…
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Ofcom: media research for men…
Don’t you just love the value-free world of media research? Maybe I’m missing the irony in this categorisation of social networkers from British media regulator Ofcom (in my defence, they aren’t known for irony): # Alpha Socialisers – mostly male, under 25s, who use sites in intense short bursts to flirt, meet new people and…
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Two views of ITV
James Murdoch bought ITV shares for 135p not too long ago. Now, you and I can pick them up for about half that. Murdoch didn’t exactly buy them hoping them to make a quick buck. But now he has moved to Wapping, how does one of his papers cover the ITV story? Dan Sabbagh plays…
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Using the media to change opinions [Code of the Woosters edition]
Before broadcasting, people read to one another to pass the time. Scary thought, eh? Embedded in popular fiction are examples not only of the practice, but also of its use in influencing an audience. Take this example, from P.G.Wodehouse. The devious spin merchant is, of course, Jeeves who suggests its employ to effect a marriage…